Reuters: Scientists studying tree rings to reconstruct the past have found that major volcanic eruptions can boost rains in Southeast Asia, challenging a common perception of volcanoes as purely destructive forces.
Studies in the past have shown massive eruptions such as the 1815 Tambora blast, and Krakatau in 1883, both in Indonesia, dimmed temperatures globally and wiped out crops.
Researchers at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in the United States wanted to study the impacts......
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Volcanic blasts can boost SE Asia rains -study
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 5th, 2010
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